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Jackie Grebmeier has been collecting benthic cores in the Arctic since the mid-1980's and she has continued to make this a part of the Distributed Biological Observatory. Using these core samples, she has been able to create a long-term data set that addresses the diversity and biological

We are continuing our expedition northward! Last night we passed through the Bering Strait and across the Arctic circle. We were able to see the Diomede Islands around 5am, a pair of islands that lie in the middle of the Bering Strait. These land formations are particularly interesting because the

As we steam westward along the second line of sampling, DBO-2, the research teams continue to collect CTD data, water and benthic samples, and plankton at each site. Janet Duffy-Anderson, a NOAA researcher, and Chrissy Hayes, a Knauss Fellow, are using bongo nets to capture a snapshot of the

Living in the desert does not provide you with many opportunities to experience ice. Yet, I never would have expected to fall in love with it. A few years ago I set sail towards Antarctica. Since then, my love for ice has only grown. The beauty and vibrancy of this state of matter in mesmerizing to

Before we get into today's journal entry, I want to remind you all that my PolarConnect event is scheduled for August 20th at 5pm EST. This is a live stream with myself, Dr. Lee Cooper, Dr. Jackie Grebmeier, and others to talk about the polar research happening on the Healy. Please sign up for this

We have some mammals in camp that I've finally managed to get some videos and pictures of. We have a family of red foxes that lives near camp. There are two kits that can frequently been seen playing together. The video below is of one of the kits. He is a dark color, which is a color variant known

Charlie and Linnaea Wright are two researchers from US Fish and Wildlife out of Anchorage, AK. They spend most of their day on the bridge identifying and counting seabirds in order to collect a data set that shows abundance and distribution of different species. In order to do this, they have come

I started the day by preparing my gear and equipment to be out in the tundra doing field research. Little did I know that our research would take different turn! It was quite a surprise when Denver Holt, snowy owl expert, walked into our lab needing the team’s help! Holt knew that the team conducts

We are still en route to DBO 1-1, which is the first sampling site on our expedition. We passed St. Lawrence Island very early this morning to our east and Russia to the west. Today was a bustle of activity with lab set up and learning how to use some of the more intricate sampling tools. One of

After almost a week in Nome, we are headed out on the Healy! All of the research teams met at the Nome Port to get picked up by the small Coast Guard boats that would take us out to the ship. Per Coast Guard regulation, we had to wear what are called mustang suits while traveling in their smaller